Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

Issue date:  February 24, 2020

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by applicant’s attorney, Charles R. Halloran, on February 24, 2020, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below.  Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections.  TMEP §707.  Otherwise, no response is required.  Id.  In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the goods and/or services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).

IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES

The identification of services is amended to read as follows: 

International Class 9: No change

International Class 38: No change

International Class 42: “software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for encryption and decryption of computer data; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for encrypting and embedding electronic digital signatures to create and authenticate electronic digital certificates; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for encoding, decoding, packaging and encrypting digital video, audio and audiovisual content; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for automating a process for authentication and identification of digital audio and video media for security purposes; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for monitoring, managing, securing and controlling encryption and distribution of digital video, audio and audiovisual content; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for providing content management, authentication, identification, management, and analytics in the field of delivery of audio and video via download, streaming, on demand delivery, cable, broadcast, and satellite; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for controlling, deploying, monitoring, maintaining and managing watermarking processing, content encryption keys, content distribution rules, and content playback policies in the field of delivery of audio and video via download, streaming, on demand delivery, cable, broadcast, and satellite; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for contractual rights management and royalty reporting; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for authenticating user identity and authorizing and securing access to remote computers, websites, and software as a service applications; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for token-based authentication of user identity for authorizing and securing access to remote computers, websites, and software as a service applications; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for providing content management, authentication, identification, management, and analytics for networked devices in the Internet of things (IoT); software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for connecting, operating, and managing networked devices connected to cloud-based software in the Internet of things (IoT); software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for the creation and maintenance of secure Internet of things (IoT) ecosystems, namely, software for managing a certificate authority for networked devices and applications, managing identifiers and encryption key material; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for authentication and secure bootstrap, provisioning and updating of devices and software in the Internet of things (IoT); software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for device certificate management and secure device to cloud communication; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for device certificate management and secure device to cloud communication based on a PKI hierarchy; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for monitoring devices for viruses and other malware threats and controlling device access to software and services; software as a service (SaaS) services featuring software for end-to-end encryption of data from devices, to Internet of things (IoT) applications, and to cloud storage services; engineering services; computer hardware design and development services; computer software design and development services; design and development of computer hardware and software solutions for the security of mobile apparatus, connected objects and apparatus; design and development of computer hardware and software solutions for the protection of transactions, exchanges of computer data and data contained in electronic apparatus, particularly mobile apparatus, connected apparatus and connected objects; development of programs for computers and microprocessors; computer programming services, namely, microprocessor programming services; computer programming services; design, development and technical study of computer systems; design, development and technical study of data exchange systems in the nature of computer systems; design and development of programs for data encryption and decryption; computer system analysis; technical assistance being troubleshooting of computer and software security problems in the field of data communication, namely, diagnosis and repair of software; remote monitoring services for computer systems to ensure proper and secure functioning; design, development, customization and updating of computer software and programs; research and development of new products for others; computer software consulting services; computer security consultancy services; computer technology consultancy services; information technology (IT) consulting services; information, consultancy and consulting services in the field of telecommunications technology security and communications technology security; and information, consultancy and consulting services in the field of computer technology security, namely, transaction security, exchanges of computer data and data contained in electronic apparatus, particularly mobile apparatus, connected apparatus and connected objects”

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

/C. Scott Strickland/

C. Scott Strickland

Examining Attorney

Law Office 122

571-272-3277

scott.strickland@uspto.gov

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on February 24, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88374137

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter.  Please follow the steps below.

(1)  Read the official letter.  No response is necessary.

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

/C. Scott Strickland/

C. Scott Strickland

Examining Attorney

Law Office 122

571-272-3277

scott.strickland@uspto.gov

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